With the recent weather here in the UK, many of you may be considering sacrificing a close friend or family member to the fire-god Huehueteotl... So to help you scratch that itch, we've got some Aztecs!

These have been a long-term project and are the result of endless requests, nudges and downright pestering by our Forum's own Fierce Kitty. But credit where credit's due, he's provided all of the help and guidance as we worked through the range and his efforts have now been rewarded!

The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture in central Mexico from 1300 until 1521. For most of this period the various tribes fought amongst each other until the arrival of the Spanish in 1517, leading to a short period of conflict and ultimately the conquest of the indigenous population by the European colonists.

We've got another new range online next, with the start of a WWII Belgian range now available! This little batch are all Vickers designs, including the Utility B tractor which was a licensed Belgian version of the Vickers Utility vehicle. Next up is the the B1/B2 version of the T-13 tank destroyer with a 47mm AT gun. And finally we've got the T-15 light tank, armed with a 13.2mm machine gun.

For infantry, we are planning to add some specific Belgian figures at some point in the future but it's likely to be 2019 or later before we fit those into the schedule. In the meantime, our WWII French in Adrian helmets are a suitable proxy.

Hot on the heels of the Belgians we've got another batch of WWII releases! First up for the Brits we've got a handful of figures in the later war Mk III 'turtle' helmet and a couple more Shermans. For the Germans, we've got Becker's conversion of the French P107 halftrack, designated U304(f). And bringing up the rear we've added the model 1943 version of the T-34, complete with the oft-requested 'Mickey Mouse' turret!

Our final set of releases for the week takes us into the post-war period, with the M46 Patton and M60A3 now available!

The M46 was produced after WWII as a replacement for the Pershing and Sherman tanks. Production continued until the late 1950's and this one will prove rather handy for our upcoming Korean War range.

Jumping forward a couple of decades, the A3 variant of the M60 was developed with a number of enhancements over the A2, including smoke dischargers and turret stabilisation. Whilst it was phased out of US service in the 2000's, this tank is still in service in several countries around the world.

The steady expansion of our Napoleonic ranges continues, with both the Hanoverians and King's German Legion now available and ready to serve!

On the Hanoverian side we've got them in both shako and cap options, plus jager and landwehr and a handy mounted officer in bicorne. For the KGL, we've got line, lights, Hussars and a mounted officer in stovepipe. These Hussars can be used for the Hanoverians as well.

Next in this period will be the Dutch-Belgians towards the end of the year and then that'll be it for the later period for now. After that we'll be trying to go back to 1809 and fill in some of the missing nations there.

We've got another batch of the excellent Red Vectors designs sorted and available on the website now!

First up we've got some Sci-Fi designs in 6mm and 15mm, with some handy ruins and some excellent habitation modules. The modules are as you might guess, modular, and can be stacked in all manner of configurations. The tops come out of these as well, to allow you to furnish the internals as well.

Secondly we've got a selection of buildings suitable for North Africa, Afghanistan or the Middle East, this time in 15mm, 20mm and 28mm options. There's a 4 pack of basic buildings and then a twin pack with a couple of more ornate styles in, plus some market stalls as well! As with the Sci-Fi modules, the roofs can be removed from all of these to allow you to get inside.

We've added a few new products to the Tools section of our website, with a selection of sculpting putties, some abrasive pads and a pack of Humbrol flat brushes now available!

On the putties side we've got packs of Magic Sculpt and Green Stuff, as well as the Milliput Standard and Terracotta. The Milliputs are handy to have around for basic filling and repair work, while the Magic Sculpt and Green Stuff are of more use for full sculpts or conversion jobs.

The micro abrasive foam-backed pads are very flexible, soft-backed pads which are easy to use and don't need a backing support pad, unlike normal abrasive sheets. Every pad is abrasive on both sides with the same grade. These are ideal for curved surfaces and can be washed and re-used. Each pad measures 50mm x 50mm (2"x2") in size and can be used on soft woods, plastics, painted surfaces and for finishing metals. This pack contains 9 pads in grades: - 1500 - 1800 - 2400 - 3200 - 3600 - 4000 - 6000 - 8000 - 12000

And finally we've added a pack of Humbrol flat paintbrushes as well. These brushes are made from high quality soft synthetic hair, perfect for creating a smooth professional finish and ideal for painting large surface areas, weathering, adding washes and helping to apply decals. This pack contains four different brushes, sizes 3, 5, 7 and 10, suitable for both enamel and acrylic paints.

Firstly, we're continuing to revamp some of our older WWII models and next up is the British Cruiser series and the German Panzer IV's. On the Cruiser side we've replaced the original A9, A10 and A13's, as well as adding another 5 variants as well. For the Panzer IV's it's a straight swap of new for old, as well as the StuG IV and the Brummbar as well. Moving forward we'll be replacing the Nashorn, Hummel, Mobelwagen, Wirbelwind and Ostwind. Also for the Germans we've revamped the Jagdpanther IV L70 and also added a new Tiger I with zimmerit.

We've got a quick addition to the American range as well, with some Sherman field armour pieces available in the Misc section.

And finally we've added the Panhard AML 60 to our Modern vehicles range.

John at Ironclad has done us a couple of new ramparts to add to our emplacements range, available in small and large options! The small one measures 80x40mm with an internal of 50x25mm, while the large one measures 110x50mm with an internal of 80x30mm.

After all of the GDPR emails, here's something a little bit more fun! We've just put the finishing touches to our WWI extension, adding new codes to the Middle East range as well as revamping some of the earlier packs and adding some handy officers and generals to some of the other nations!

Looking ahead, we'll be jumping back 50 years with the new 1850's/60's Italian range coming online soon. The last production moulds will be done on Tuesday so we'll have those on the website by the end of next week.

This release should be a useful one for a variety of games and periods, basically anywhere that you'd have found wooden houses and fire!

There's two slightly different types in the pack and the chimneys are separate pieces so you can choose whether to put them in or not. The left-hand ruin measures 70x50mm, and the right-hand one is 75x50mm. The chimneys are 30mm tall.

The Risorgimento ('rising again') was a movement in the 19th Century aiming to unify the Italian states into a single Kingdom of Italy. After the Napoleonic Wars, rule of these states had been restored to Austria, a move opposed by many. After the failure of liberal and republican revolutions in 1848 (1st Italian War of Independence), leadership of the unification movement passed to Piedmont. With French help, the Piedmontese defeated the Austrians in 1859 (2nd Italian War of Independence) and united most of Italy under their rule by 1861. The annexation of Venetia in 1866 (3rd Italian War of Independence) and papal Rome in 1870 marked the final unification of Italy and hence the end of the Risorgimento period.

Our range covers all of the troop types across these wars, with infantry in tunic for the first two wars and in greatcoats for the later period. The grenadiers in bearskin can be used up to 1859 at which point they switched to the same uniform as the line infanty. Cavalry switched from lances to sabres and carbines over that same period.

We'd like to thank our friend Fabio in Italy for all of his help with this range, his reference material has been invaluable in getting the details right!

We've got some flags coming soon for these armies, so keep an eye out for those as well.

We've been working on this range for quite some time now and we're finally ready to release them! This first batch covers all of the American and Chinese forces, with infantry, command, mortars and artillery crews for both nations. We'll have the British coming in the next 7-10 days and then the North and South Koreans following on before the end of the month hopefully. Once these are all available, we'll be looking at all of the artillery towards the end of the year. And don't forget that we've got most of the vehicles needed for this conflict already available here: https://pendraken.co.uk/modern/vehicles/

Phil's done a cracking job sculpting these and we'd also like to thank Sunray for all of his help and advice on this range.

In a slight change to the scheduled programming... we've got the South Koreans next!

The Brit Commando radio operator sustained a moulding injury so we've sent him off to the medic to get him fixed up. He'll be back with us next week and we'll get the British range ready for release next weekend instead. We didn't want to leave you hanging though, so we've bumped the South Koreans up the queue and here they are! As with the US and Chinese ranges released last week, we've got a nice selection of infantry here, along with mortars, command and artillery crews. Guns for the latter will be along later in the year.

Once again, our thanks go to Sunray for all of his help and advice on this range.

With 3 different dress types, this is the largest of our Korean ranges with 42 new codes on offer covering summer/tropical kit, winter kit and Commandos as well. As with the ranges released so far, we've got loads of infantry options, mortars, command, artillery crew and more, and Phil's done a cracking job with them. All of the guns for these ranges will be arriving later in the year.

And finally we've got the guys that started it all, the North Koreans! This batch covers infantry, command and mortars, with their Soviet-supplied artillery coming in a few months time. We'll also be looking to do a KPA motorcycle combo for this range as well.

Thanks go to Sunray for all of his help and advice on these Korean War ranges, his input has been invaluable.

And last but not least, we've got the army packs released for the Korean War! There are 9 different armies available, covering all of the nations and summer/winter variations where possible. The armies generally contain a pack each of officers, radio ops, mortars, MG's and then a selection of foot to fill it out. Each army is made up of 15 packs and with a discount of 10% they're a handy way to get your forces started!

We've taken our most popular MDF Bases sizes and put them into Bulk deals! These are the equivalent of 10 of our regular-sized packs but with a 20% discount. So whether you've got a larger project on the go or you just like to stockpile your bases, these bulk deals will be just the job!

Currently, these are the only sizes available as bulk deals but we might have a look at other sizes in the future (maybe circles).

We've released a lot already this year, but the new goodies keep coming as we expand our Animals range to cover the English countryside and the African savanna! There's badgers, foxes and deer, zebras, lions and camels, there's even some crocodiles and giraffes!

We've also got some extremely useful horse packs, each containing 3 poses, with bare, saddled and baggage options available. These should suit a whole host of different games and periods so certainly worth a look.